Today, Hessler is a staff writer at The New Yorker. It’s a deep look at what is, in some ways, the oldest country in the world, and it bears the hallmarks of Hessler’s work: vivid scenes, elegant narrative arcs, and a long lens that examines the links and gaps between Egypt’s troubled present and its ancient past. Hessler’s latest book, The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution, chronicles both the revolution itself, and the lives of the people they met during their five years in Cairo. But just as they planning their move, the Egyptian Arab Spring started, sending the country down the chaotic path it has followed until today. A few years later, they decided to wipe the slate clean and move to Egypt. After leaving China in 2007, the family settled in southwestern Colorado, where they are now based. Two other books, Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China and Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory, followed.
His first book, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze, details his two years teaching English. The two had met in China, where Hessler first landed as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1996. In the fall of 2011, Peter Hessler arrived in Egypt, with his family - twin toddlers, and his wife, the writer Leslie Chang. Join Longreads and help us to support more writers.
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